Syntax

vstmidiout instance, kstatus, kchan, kdata1, kdata2

Description

vstmidiout is used for sending MIDI information to a VST plugin.

Initialization

instance - the number which identifies the plugin, to be passed to other vst4cs opcodes.

Performance

kstatus - the type of midi message to be sent. Currently noteon (144), note off (128), Control Change (176), Program change (192), Aftertouch (208) and Pitch Bend (224) are supported.

kchan - the MIDI channel transmitted on.

kdata1, kdata2 - the MIDI data pair, which varies depending on kstatus. e.g. note/velocity for note on and note off, Controller number/value for control change.

Examples

/* orc */
sr     = 44100
kr     = 4410
ksmps  = 10
nchnls = 2

gihandle1 vstinit "c:/vstplugins/cheeze/cheeze machine.dll", 1

instr 3
ain1      =           0
ab1, ab2  vstaudio    gihandle1, ain1, ain1
          outs        ab1, ab2
endin

instr 4
          vstmidiout  gihandle1, 144, 1, p4, p5
endin


/* sco */
i 3 0 21

i 4  1 1 57  32
i 4  3 1 60 100
i 4  5 1 62 100
i 4  7 1 64 100
i 4  9 1 65 100
i 4 11 1 67 100
i 4 13 1 69 100
i 4 15 3 71 100
i 4 18 3 72 100
e

Credits

By: Andrés Cabrera and Michael Gogins

Uses code from Hermann Seib's VSTHost and Thomas Grill's vst~ object.

VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. VST Plug-In Technology by Steinberg.